- Socotra Sparrow
Taxobox
name = Socotra Sparrow
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Passeridae
genus = "Passer "
species = "P. insularis"
binomial = "Passer insularis"
binomial_authority = Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881The Socotra Sparrow ("Passer insularis") is found on the islands ofSocotra andAbd al Kuri in theIndian Ocean , off theHorn of Africa . It likes dry areas and towns.Some authorities have lumped "
Passer motitensis ", "P. rufocinctus" and "P. insularis" into "P. motitensis" following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
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